This Wheel's on Fire by Bob Dylan & The Band
This Wheel's on Fire by Bob Dylan & The Band

This Wheel’s on Fire

Bob Dylan & The Band * Track #24 On The Basement Tapes

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This Wheel's on Fire by Bob Dylan & The Band

Release Date
Thu Jun 26 1975
Produced by
Bob Dylan & The Band
Writed by
Rick Danko & Bob Dylan
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The appropriately somber and surreal conclusion to The Basement Tapes. The shuffling, organ-backed melody is reminiscent of “Ballad of a Thin Man” and carries a similarly critical tone.

The song title references two famous images from the Old Testament: the vision of wheels within wheels seen by th...

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This Wheel’s on Fire Lyrics

[Verse 1]
If your memory serves you well
We were going to meet again and wait
So I’m going to unpack all my things
And sit before it gets too late
No man alive will come to you
With another tale to tell
But you know that we shall meet again
If your memory serves you well

[Chorus]
This wheel’s on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode!

[Verse 2]
If your memory serves you well
I was going to confiscate your lace
And wrap it up in a sailor’s knot
And hide it in your case
If I knew for sure that it was yours
But it was oh so hard to tell
But you knew that we shall meet again
If your memory serves you well

[Chorus]
This wheel’s on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode!

[Verse 3]
If your memory serves you well
You’ll remember you’re the one
That called on me to call on them
To get you your favors done
And after ev’ry plan had failed
And there was nothing more to tell
You knew that we should meet again
If your memory served you well

[Chorus]
This wheel’s on fire
Rolling down the road
Best notify my next of kin
This wheel shall explode!

This Wheel’s on Fire Q&A

Who wrote This Wheel’s on Fire's ?

This Wheel’s on Fire was written by Rick Danko & Bob Dylan.

Who produced This Wheel’s on Fire's ?

This Wheel’s on Fire was produced by Bob Dylan & The Band.

When did Bob Dylan & The Band release This Wheel’s on Fire?

Bob Dylan & The Band released This Wheel’s on Fire on Thu Jun 26 1975.

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